Quaker Hill Liquors clerk, Richard Atnip, checking out a customer. The liquor store was open and maintained its normal business hours Thursday.

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Yann Ranaivo
The News Journal

Employees with Mikimotos and Presto! on the 1200 block of North Washington Street were busy clearing the sidewalks of snow and getting restaurant tables ready in anticipation of customers walking in Thursday.

They were among businesses that opened as scheduled despite officials suggesting people remain indoors and off the roads.

Jose Duque, a manager at Presto!, a coffee shop and bistro owned by the same group that owns the neighboring Mikimotos and Washington Street Ale House, said much of their clientele can come to the three eating and drinking establishments regardless of weather ...